Proposed Neighborhood Park
The Brownfields Program, the Neighborhood Services Department, and the Parks Department are working together to redevelop a former trucking facility and compressed gas manufacturing facility at the northwest corner of 32nd Ave. and McDowell Rd. The Brownfields Program provided more than $1 million in bond funds to purchase the site and to conduct environmental investigations.
The approximate 12-acre site has been vacant since the 1980s after the businesses operating were closed. The property was stigmatized by the perception that the site was contaminated. After extensive environmental investigation by the City, it was confirmed that the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) had provided a notification of no further action on both of the sites. A small area of petroleum contaminated soil remains on the site at a depth of about 20 feet. The city anticipates leaving the soil in place and designing the park so that a barrier, such as a parking lot, is placed over the area in combination with a Declaration of Environmental Use Restriction (DEUR).